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RW Editorial: Basic Questions, Often Overlooked
As “new media” continue to proliferate, traditional radio broadcasting faces new competitive challenges.
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In Movies as in Radio, Content Reigns
On assignment for NRB Daily News, a sister publication to RW, I recently had...
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Editorial: Don’t Require 24/7 Staffing
The agency is seeking public input on unattended operations in its high-profile broadcast proceedings...
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BBG: Don’t Close Shortwaves, Improve Them!
The Broadcast Board of Governors has done enough damage to the U.S. public diplomacy.
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Editorial: Future Imperfect
The Second Report and Order on a next-generation Emergency Alert System finally was published...
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We Need to Mend Some Fences
Broadcasters don’t want to pay more than they have to for content, so it’s...
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Editorial: On LPFM, FCC Acts Wisely But Raises More Questions
Low-power FM stations fill a public service niche. As small, decidedly local stations, they...
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Why Does SBE Subsidize the NFL?
Recently, the SBE sent out a press release announcing the renewal of its contract...
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FM-based Broadcast, WiFi Key to EAS
In recent years, local emergency management personnel have used radio and television broadcast stations,...
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A Crisis Is a Good Time to Be Carded
Imagine you’re the chief of a station in Madison, Wis. It’s summertime, peak tornado...
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Another View: Hey, AM HD-R Critics: Got a Better Idea?
As a market chief engineer who has installed HD-R systems on two AMs and...
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One View: Time for a Reality Check on IBOC
As an owner/engineer who has been around this crazy business since the ‘60s, I...
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Hear It Now: IBOC Disappoints (Letter)
I made a series of short recordings at my cottage at Klinger Lake near...
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Editorial: AM IBOC in Distress?
Some people predicted an “IBOCalypse” when AM HD operations went full-time on Sept. 14....
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From the Editor: Who’s Speaking to the Students?
Two years ago I decided RW would present occasional articles profiling young engineers. I...
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Merger Ad Nauseum
We’ve made this point but we feel compelled to reiterate it in the wake...
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Commentary: Commit to ‘Staggering’ Potential of 3G
Three years ago, the hot buzzword in media was “convergence.” This referred not only...
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Rational Discussion or Luddite Rants?
“Just taking a run-through of the latest Radio World issue, Oct. 10, and what...
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Seeing Radio’s Challenges Clearly
As the old adage goes, hindsight is 20/20. What radio needs is more clarity...
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Big Oil: Primary Issue Is Public Safety
The oil company makes it clear that its primary issue is the threat to...
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‘Bellwether’ BE Makes Some Changes
Broadcast Electronics is approaching its 50th anniversary in 2009 and I was pleased to...
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Retired CE Tackles Toughest Job Yet
After I retired from my position as chief engineer for KFI(AM) and KOST(FM) in...
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This Is Not a Test: Freinwald Honored
When broadcast leaders recently realized they needed to meet with regulatory and weather officials...
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Premium Subscription Service FAQs
WQED(FM) is a fine arts radio service for Pittsburgh that is, frankly, just getting...
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Article Skips Second Coding Family
Having taken some time to carefully read through Skip Pizzi’s article “Moving On Up...
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Editorial: Try Something
Franklin Roosevelt’s administration was only weeks old when a newspaper reporter asked him how...
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Conditional Access Is in the Public Interest
There is an issue brewing in the radio industry and it revolves around nothing...
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A Sense of Emergency
Winding its way through the Senate is the First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007....
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Harris Swims in Some New Channels
“Rather than be a mile wide and an inch deep, we want to go...
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Broadcasters Foundation: Here to Help
The theme of the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s financial assistance program for 2007 is...
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Editorial: Indecency Rules Need to Go
It's timely that a federal court has called into question part of the FCC's...
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Radio World Finds a New Home
As Alan Cohen put it, "in movement there is life, and in change there...
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EAS Poised for Massive Overhaul
Few broadcasters have not complained about the shortcomings of EAS. For more than 50...
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Opinion: Open Up the Online Option
Technology continues to push the envelope of broadcast automation in the area of “command...
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The Digital Forest Looks Pretty Green
The FCC’s latest report on digital radio is interesting reading, a concise summary of...
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Letter: Rod Moses and Radio Goldfield
Guy Wire wrote about me and Radio Goldfield in Radio World Engineering Extra ("New...
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Opinion: Engineers Dissed Again
Among the top 30 young people in radio, none are engineers.
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HD Marketing: Time to Go ‘Big-League’
HD Radio broadcasters need to stop congratulating themselves for their promotion of the format...
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Parity Check
Rights fees have been paid by Webcasters since 2002 and by satellite radio essentially...
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Embrace Internet Radio; It’s Here to Stay
Isn’t it good to learn Internet radio is not beyond the financial reach of...
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Opinion: SBE’s DRB Is OK
When you hear the word “importer,” do you conjure a trans-national corporation that traffics...
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What’s Behind AM Receiver Performance?
While engineering is my first love, I spent most of my years in the...